FAMILY VACATION ALMOST RUINED BY
REALLY BAD NEWS.
NOT A SHARK ATTACK.
SOMETHING FAR WORSE.
BRIAN STELTER WAS FIRED FROM
CNN.
I WILL ACTUALLY NEVER FORGET
WHERE I WAS THE MOMENT I FOUND
OUT STELTER WAS FIRED.
I WAS SITTING IN AN ADIRONDACK
CHAIR DRINKING A GIN AND TONIC.
I ALMOST TOOK A BEREAVEMENT DAY
WHEN I WAS IN MOURNING.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE SCOOP
ABOUT PAULY P.’S WARNING SO I
CAME THIS.
WASTED NO TIME WITH THE
THEATRICS I AM LIVE IN NEW YORK
AND THIS IS STILL RELIABLE
SOURCES.
ONE EVER THE BIGGEST MEDIA
STORIES OF THE WEEK WAS RIGHT
HERE.
THE END OF THIS SHOW.
CNN HAS CANCELED RELIABLE
SOURCES.
RELIABLE SOURCES HAS BEEN A ONE
OF A KIND SHOW AND A POPULAR
SHOW.
THIS IS ONE OF CNN’S HIGHEST
RATED WEEKEND SHOWS AND THIS
WEEK, THANKS TO CNN MANAGEMENT
WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE GIFT OF
SIGNING OFF ON OUR OWN TERMS AND
ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THE MEDIA
INDUSTRY.
>> THEY FIRED ME BUT GAVE ME A
GIFT.
I STILL HAD TO KEEP WORKING.
AND WHO BRAGS ABOUT THAT BEING
ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATED WEEKEND
SHOWS ON CNN?
LIKE BEING ONE OF THE TALLEST
JOCKEYS AT THE DERBY OR ONE OF
THE CLEANEST BIDEN FAMILY
MEMBERS.
NOT A GOOD ANALOGY. THANKS NEW LOSS FOR LETTING HIM
THANKS NEW LOSS FOR LETTING HIM
COME IN WILL HE I MIGHT HAVE
DREAMED ABOUT IT I NEVER THOUGHT
IT WOULD HAPPEN.
I JUST LIKED WRITING ABOUT TV.
I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO SOUND
ABOUT B.S.
I ACTUALLY THOUGHT I DIDN’T HAVE
ENOUGH HAIR TO BE ON TV.
>> Jesse: YEAH.
NEITHER DID WE, BRIAN.
WE ARE GOING TO MISS YOU HERE AT
"PRIMETIME."
ESPECIALLY YOUR SELF-AWARENESS.
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT WE
GOT RIGHT AND WRONG IN THAT PAST
DECADE?
>> YEAH, ACTUALLY WE DID.
TAKE A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE.
>> LOOKING AHEAD TO 2020, ONE
REASON WHY I AM TAKING YOU
SERIOUSLY AS A CONTENDER IS
BECAUSE OF YOUR PRESENCE ON
CABLE NEWS.
CNN REPORTED ON FRIDAY U.S.
AUTHORITIES ARE SEEING IF THOSE
EMAILS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT ARE
CONNECTED TO ONGOING RUSSIAN
DISINFORMATION EFFORT.
JEFF ZUCKER’S DEPARTURE WAS
SHOCKING TO THE STAFF AT CNN.
WE LOST OUR LEADER THIS WEEK.
WE’RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
>> Jesse: WAS HE ABOUT TO CRY?
OKAY LITTLE BUDDY, WE FORGIVE
YOU AND WE ARE SORRY YOUR FIRING
GOT UPSTAGED BIG TIME BECAUSE
EARLIER THIS MORNING THE FACE OF
COVID HIMSELF, DR. ANTHONY FAUCI
ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT AFTER
50 LONG YEARS OF BLEEDING THE
GOVERNMENT DRY.
HE IS STEPPING DOWN IN DECEMBER.
JUST IN TIME BEFORE REPUBLICANS
TAKE CONTROL.
AND HE IS REFLECTING ON HIS
CAREER IN THE HUMBLE MANNER WE
HAVE COME TO EXPECT FROM HIM.
AND IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE
"THE WASHINGTON POST," HE SAID
THIS, QUOTE: I HAD TO OPPOSE
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, SAYS FAUCI, THAT IS NOT
THE EASIEST THING IN THE WORLD
TO DO.
BUT I DID IT.
"THE WASHINGTON POST" SAYS HE IS
LONG INSISTED IS HE NONPOLITICAL
PERSON AND SPEAKS ONLY TO
SCIENCE AND THAT’S CONVENIENT
BECAUSE SCIENCE DOESN’T SIT ON
THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
MAYBE TONY SEES THE WRITING ON
THE WALL AND KNOWS REPUBLICANS
ARE GOING TO RETAKE THE HOUSE IN
NOVEMBER AND INVESTIGATE HIM
INTO OBLIVION.
OR MAYBE IT’S JUST A BIG
COINCIDENCE AND HE IS LEAVING TO
SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIS.
WE WILL NEVER FORGET FAUCI.
HE WILL MOSTLY BE MISSED BY
MAGAZINE EDITORS WHOSE COVERS HE
GRADES CONSISTENT LID OVER THE
LAST THREE YEARS.
FAUCI WOULD BRING HIS OWN HAIR,
MAKEUP AND LIGHTING TEAM SO THE
MAGAZINES WOULD SAVE ON COSTS.
AND WE ALL WANT TO KNOW WHAT’S
NEXT FOR THESE TWO TELEVISION
STALWARTS?
IF THEY WANT MY SUGGESTION, GO